Sustainable School Feeding Network launches virtual platform
Key actors from the countries of the region participated in the regional event that presented the website of the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES). Brasilia, November 11, 2021 – The Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES, for its acronym in Spanish) launched its virtual platform during a regional event, on November 10, with the participation of […]
FAO cooperation with Brazil in El Salvador supports the strengthening of school feeding through ‘Sustainable Schools’
Initiative has already benefited more than 23 thousand schools in 13 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean The Cantón San Isidro educational complex, located in the city of Izalco, El Salvador, significantly improved the diet and eating habits for approximately 1 500 students since 2014. Previously, the children and the young people bought soft […]
Opinion: Education goes hand in hand with food at school
The InternationaI Education Day is an opportunity for us to reflect about the importance of healthy food as a human right to students Najla Veloso* It is important to reflect on this International Day of Education that, after more than two years, we are still experiencing the challenges of the pandemic. According to United Nations […]
Opinion: School feeding for all students
School feeding programs benefitiates 85 millions students in Latin America and the Caribbean Rafael Zavala* and Najla Veloso** With the worsening of the economic crisis and food insecurity caused by the pandemic, the importance of policies and strategies for social protection and guaranteeing the human right to food became even clearer. With each new release […]
Opinion: Women and the challenge of feeding the students of the world
In the International Women’s Days, our tribute goes to the souls, the brains and the hearts of our school feeding programs Najla Veloso* There are more than 335 million women in Latin America and the Caribbean, of which around 65 million live in rural areas, according to Interamerican Institute of Cooperation (IICA) statistics. They have […]
Opinion: Hunger also goes to school
By Najla Veloso, teacher and coordinator of the school feeding program of the Brazil-FAO Cooperation The words of the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, at the World Summit on Food Systems on food insecurity and global challenges, in September 2021, made me go back to the past while thinking hopefully about the future. Recalling the […]
‘Food and nutrition education is knowledge for life’, says Peruvian school director
Consuelo Salcedo, from the city of Huancayo, presents the experience of leading a Sustainable School in the Junín region Paulo Beraldo “We do our work with the conviction that we are going to improve not only the grades, but also the lives of our students and their families with teaching.” With these words, principal Consuelo […]
‘Platform increases access to information on school feeding’, says FAO Representative in Brazil
Rafael Zavala comments on the creation of the RAES trilingual platform and states that school feeding is key to transform food culture and food systems Paulo Beraldo Transcending regional boundaries and promoting school feeding as a game-changer in transforming food systems and improving food culture. By intensifying the exchange of information and experiences, FAO Representative […]
‘RAES Platform is a milestone for the cooperation with countries,’ says director of ABC
Ambassador Ruy Pereira, from the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), points out that the new tool of the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) will support the consolidation of school feeding programs in the region Paulo Beraldo The trilingual virtual platform of the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES, for its acronym in Spanish) consolidates the exchange of […]
100 Caribbean professionals participated in the school feeding capacity training
For three weeks, the course strengthened the capacities of professionals from eight Caribbean countries
